Working from home in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional results from the Employees Working From Home (EWFH) study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the impacts, on mental and physical health, of a mandatory shift to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

Cross sectional, online survey.

Setting

Online survey was conducted from September 2020 to November 2020 in the general population.

Participants

Australian residents working from home for at least 2 days a week at some time in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Main outcome measures

Demographics, caring responsibilities, working from home arrangements, work-related technology, work-family interface, psychosocial and physical working conditions, and reported stress and musculoskeletal pain.

Results

924 Australians responded to the online questionnaire. Respondents were mostly women (75.5%) based in Vic

SUBMITTER: Oakman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8980729 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature